Mother in fatal crash allowed to view son’s body

Ms. Castro

Christina Castro, the mother of 3-year-old Jayden Figueroa, was allowed to see her son one last time Sunday before the deceased child’s wake and funeral.

Jayden died March 11 after the car his mother was driving allegedly slammed into parked vehicles on Franklin Street at 70 mph. Two of his three brothers were also in the car. One, who is 7 years old, was still in intensive care as of Friday. A 5-year-old brother was released from the hospital last week.

Ms. Castro, 27, of Wall Street Court, is being held on $50,000 bail on charges of motor vehicle homicide and reckless endangerment of a child. Her lawyer, Gregory J. White, filed a motion Friday asking that she be allowed to leave MCI Framingham to attend a private viewing from 4 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Rock of Salvation Pentecostal Church in Worcester before Jayden’s wake, which started at 6 p.m.

She did not attend the wake and funeral.

District Court Judge David P. Despotopoulos granted the motion Friday. It was impounded until Monday.